On AlterNet: neoliberalism

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How Financial Crisis, Economic Inequality, Social Media, and More Brought Revolutions in 2011--and Changed Us Forever

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 23, 2012.

Journalist Paul Mason covered the uprisings of 2011 as they occurred. His new book "Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere," explains why they all happened at once.

Bankers Are Using the Eurozone Crisis to Wage Warfare on Working People and Seize Control of Governments

Michael Hudson, Michael Hudson's blog. December 19, 2011.

Wages and living standards are to be scaled back and political power shifted from elected government to technocrats governing on behalf of big banks and financial institutions.

The Very Different "Occupations" That Led to 2011's Global Uprising

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. December 18, 2011.

The protests around the world this year were preceded, in the last twenty years, by some very different kinds of occupations.

Empire of Chaos: How 9/11 Shaped the Politics of a Failing State

Arun Gupta, AlterNet. September 9, 2011.

The neoconservative ideas that shaped the war on terror have evaporated as the United States is battered by an economic depression that shows no end.

Our Economy Can't Be Fixed Until We Confront the Ideology of Greed Infecting Both Major Parties

Robert Pollin, The Nation. September 17, 2010.

Electing Democrats won't help as long as they adhere to the discredited tenets of neoliberalism.

Our Society Is Turning Into One Giant Prison

Tolu Olorunda, TruthOut.org. June 17, 2010.

We've gotten to a point where society is so unmanageable we must partition ourselves off from every feature of it.

"This World Cup Is Not For The Poor": The Ugly Truth Behind The Celebrations

Dave Zirin, TheNation.com. June 10, 2010.

The World Cup has been a neoliberal Trojan Horse, enacting a series of policies that South Africans would never have accepted if not wrapped in the honor of hosting it.

Roadmap to a New Economics: Beyond Capitalism and Socialism

Riane Eisler, Tikkun. April 13, 2010.

We can all be leaders in building a social and economic system that really meets human needs.

American Youth in the 21st Century: Pathologized, Criminalized and Disposable

Henry A. Giroux, AlterNet. November 16, 2009.

Young people today face imprisonment, the prescription of psychotropic drugs, psychiatric confinement, and zero tolerance policies that model schools after prisons.

Chomsky: What America's 'Crisis' Means to the Rest of the World

Noam Chomsky, Boston Review. September 10, 2009.

The way we perceive "crises" here in the U.S. is a profound symbol of how we don't understand them internationally.

'Big Government' Has Pulled Us Back from the Brink of Disaster

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. August 10, 2009.

Maybe it's not so terrible, says Krugman.

Could the Global Meltdown Spark a Great Revolution?

Ben Protess, Christian Science Monitor. August 4, 2009.

A look at mass protests during the past 500 years reveals surprising clues.

President Reagan Rests in Peace ... But Will His Voo-Doo Economics Ever Die?

Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future. July 31, 2009.

What are you going to believe, what “free market” ideologues tell you or your own lying eyes?

Our Economy Has Failed -- It's the Reaganomics, Stupid!

deleted Deleted, Campaign for America's Future. July 28, 2009.

When something is unsustainable it can't be sustained. The economic meltdown has been coming at us for decades. And here we are.

Is a New Economic Consensus Emerging from the Ashes of the Old?

Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus. January 13, 2009.

The swift unraveling of the global economy has left the world anticipating a new era of social democracy.

Massive Political Upheaval in Bolivia Signals the Decline of U.S. Influence in Latin America

Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. October 24, 2008.

After months of street battles, the Bolivian Congress ratified a new draft of the country's constitution.

Chomsky: "The Majority of the World Supports Iran"

Subrata Ghoshroy, AlterNet. October 3, 2008.

In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, Chomsky discusses the global politics of Iran's and India's attempts to become nuclear powers.

The U.S. Economy Is Socialism for the Rich

Michael Leon Guerrero, Movement Vision Lab. July 24, 2008.

Free market capitalism in the United States is by no means "free." It's time we recognize this and move past the destructive neoliberal agenda.

A Bank of Their Own: Latin America Casting off Washington's Shackles

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. October 31, 2007.

The western media call it "Chavez Bank" -- but what are they really afraid of?

IMF's "Pro-Growth" Policies Killing Gains in Developing World

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. October 18, 2007.

The dirty secret is that income growth was stronger before the era of "globalization."

Hopeful Signs For Global Justice

Mark Engler, TomPaine.com. December 28, 2006.

Despite the challenges presented by the current administration, the global justice movement has made impressive strides.

Hugo Chávez' opponent becomes a crazy, wild-eyed populist

Joshua Holland, October 12, 2006.

Plus: Latin America round-up! A bloody battle in Bolivia, elections in Ecuador and Brazil and Argentina's version of Bill and Hil.